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Special Needs and Tuition Grants

Who we are

We are a financial payment section with responsibility for the processing of various grants to all primary schools and to parents with children with special needs. We also issue payments to various organisations, projects, companies and individuals on behalf of other sections within the Department. .

What we do

We process the payment of various grant aid for such schemes as the

Home Tuition Grant Scheme

Irish Sign Language Scheme

Typing Scheme

Assistive Technology grant scheme for primary schools

as well as administer other payments and grant aid to various projects, companies, individuals on behalf of the Department.

Current claims forms for the 2017/2018 school year:

All applicants seeking the payment of grant aid or funding must complete a specific claim form in order for that funding to be processed and issued. The following are the current claim forms in use by this section.